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Shows & fairs, 1891

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales. The Annual Meeting. Sources of Revenue

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

THE Agricultural Society of New South Wales held their annual meeting in Tattersalt's-buildings, Hunter-street, yesterday afternoon. The president (Mr. S. Burdekin,…

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Stage, Song, and Show

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 January 1891 · page 7

Perry's Wednesday evening concert at the Temperance Hall drew another large audience last night, when a very liberal programme was provided for the occasion…

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Paris Exhibition. London, January 14

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 5

The balance-sheet of the late Paris Exhibition, which has just been published, shows a surplus of £400,000…

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Albion Park Show

The Australian Star · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 6
Also in Evening News

KIAMA, Friday.-The fourth Albion Park Show was opened on Wednesday by Mr. G. W. Fuller. There were about 450 persons present and the…

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The Paris Exhibition. a Profit of £400,000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--The final balance-sheet in connection with the late Paris Exhibition has been prepared and shows that the exhibition resulted in a net…

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Albion Pare Agricultural Exhibition. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correpspondent.) Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1891 · page 6

The annual exhibition of the Albion Park Agricultural Society opened yesterday. The weather looked threatening, but kept fine. The attendance was moderate, owing, no doubt, to the threatening…

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The Agricultural Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 13

IT was certainly time that the Agricultural Society— the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, as it must in future be addressed— should take some pains to purge…

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Agricultural Society of New South Wales

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 119

The annual general meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held on Tuesday afternoon, at Tattersall's Hall, Hunter-street, and attended by about 60 members, including Messrs. J. F. Burns…

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The Agricultural Society of New South Wales

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 15

THE annual meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held on Tuesday. The balance-sheet showed that the society's revenue from all sources amounted to 6081 10s 5d while…

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The Agricultural Society of Sow South Wales

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Agricultural Society at New South Wales was held on Tuesday afternoon, there being about 60 members present. Mr. Sydney Burdckin, M P.,…

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Agricultural Society of N.S.W. Annual Meeting. Unsatisfactory Affairs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 39

The annual meeting of the Agricultural Society of New South Wales was held at Tattersall's Chambers, corner of Hunter and Castlereagh streets, on Tuesday afternoon…

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My Lady Fair

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 28

Ah, well-a-day, my lady! How goes the world with you? The wee, white clouds are fleecy, The far-off sky is blue…

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The North Shore Village Fair

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 14

THE North Shore village fair will begin to-morrow (Saturday), in the beautiful School church at Lavender Bay and in the charming grounds around it. His Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop…

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Albion Park Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 6
Also in Evening News

KIAMA, Friday.--The fourth Albion Park Show was opened on Wednesday by Mr. G. W. Fuller. There were about 450 persons present and the…

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Stage, Song and Show. After the Boom. Close of the Pantomimes. Romeo Riggs--The Garrick Season-- "Annie Rooney"--"Harvest"-- Musical Mems.--Variety

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 January 1891 · page 3

This is the slack season of the year, the eager rush and crush of the holidays having given place to a holy calm and a sense of quiet, which, after the turmoil that has…

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The "World's Fair."

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 4

LONDON, January 17.—It is announced that the World's Fair in Chicago will be opened on May 1, 1893…

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Village Fair at North Shore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1891 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A fancy fairi initiated by the Roman Catholic ladies of St. Leonards was opened on Saturday afternoon in the Lavender Bay school church, by Cardinal Moran, in presence of a large…

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